Agency regulations

[Bluebird]

ok, but at the point I took on the contract should I have signed something that said that I either opted in or out ?

If I did I can't remember, if I ask the agency whether I opted in or out are they likely to laugh at me ?

[Cowboy Bob]

I believe the default is opted-in, so if you have never signed anything then that is what you are - regardless of any protestations the agency might come up with.

[TheFaQQer]

I believe the default is opted-in, so if you have never signed anything then that is what you are - regardless of any protestations the agency might come up with.

And remember - you can't opt out once you've been introduced to the client. If you've opted out, you can always opt back in, just by writing to the agency and telling them that you are opting in.

[tim123]

And remember - you can't opt out once you've been introduced to the client. If you've opted out, you can always opt back in, just by writing to the agency and telling them that you are opting in.

But this will only take effect for the next client. The regs are written for 'temps'. They assume the worker has a "long term" relationship with the agency, and a "short term" relationship with each client, rather than the other way round.

tim

[tim123]

Rubbish. The legislation was drafted badly and encompasses all flexible workers irrespective of their commercial relationship with the EB. There is nothing in effect that says that the law here can be disregarded or sidelined for expensive, professional contractors (even if that was the purpose for introducing the legislation in the first place).

It is not rubbish.

The legislation was written by a government who has a 'temps' mindset and it is them that they sought to 'protect' by the rules.

That is why it seems badly written from our pov.

I did not say that it only applied to temps.

You will note that all the other rules that continually spout out from Europe are also motivated by a 'temp' mindset. This is why we repeatedly have to remind them that not all short term workers are 'temps'.


tim